Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It's a sort of crime against childhood. Richard Dawkins childhoodcrimenonanswers Change image and share on social
Christopher Hitchens was a great warrior, a magnificent orator, a pugilist and a gentleman. He was kind, but he took no prisoners when arguing with idiots. Richard Dawkins arguechristophergentleman Change image and share on social
The interesting question would be whether there's a Darwinian process, a kind of selection process whereby some memes are more likely to spread than others, because people like them, because they're popular, because they're catchy or whatever it might be. Richard Dawkins catchydarwinianinterest share on social
Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. Richard Dawkins bangbigday Change image and share on social
A triumph of consciousness-raising has been the homosexual hijacking of the word 'gay.' Richard Dawkins consciousnessgayhijack Change image and share on social
We frequently look into the future of mankind and see dangers. We see if we carry on doing what we are doing in 20 years' time there will be no rainforests left, just to use one example. Looking into the future may be one of the reasons that brains evolved in the first place. Richard Dawkins braincarrydanger share on social
I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda. Richard Dawkins agendumfearmisuse Change image and share on social
Humans have a proven track record in taking over planes by the use of threats, which work because the legitimate pilots value their own lives and those of their passengers. Richard Dawkins humanlegitimatelive Change image and share on social
To an honest judge, the alleged marriage between religion and science is a shallow, empty, spin-doctored sham. Richard Dawkins allegedoctoreempty Change image and share on social
The reason we personify things like cars and computers is that just as monkeys live in an arboreal world and moles live in an underground world and water striders live in a surface tension-dominated flatland, we live in a social world. Richard Dawkins arborealcarcomputer share on social
